MIAMI — With the death penalty trials of alleged Sept. 11 conspirators expected to extend into the next administration, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said as president she would ask the Justice Department to investigate whether the captives could be tried in federal or traditional military court.
Clinton offered a more far-reaching response to questions from The Miami Herald about the trials than her Democratic opponent, Sen. Barack Obama. The Illinois senator has said that the so-called “high-value detainees” at Guantanamo should be tried in federal or traditional military court but did not say what actions he would take to move the trials.
Republican Sen. John McCain, the likely Republican nominee, said he plans to continue the Military Commissions, now held at the remote Navy base in southeast Cuba.
